antiquity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: antiquity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for antiquity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antiquity n the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe extreme oldness Synonym(s): ancientness, antiquity an artifact surviving from the past
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antiquity \Antiq"uity\, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit[82]. See {Antique}.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. 2. Old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity? --Shak. 3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity. 4. The ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has [?]vowed. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. An old gentleman. [Obs.] You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B. Jonson. 6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] [bd]Heathen antiquities.[b8] --Bacon.